Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Li Yi was startled, and immediately stopped caring about Chen Gong, and asked seriously: "What's the difference?"

Li Yi's serious expression was not faked at all, and he even felt a little bit nervous in his heart. Although his military strength was superior, his opponent was Cao Cao after all. They all said that Liu Bei was tough enough, and he fought and failed repeatedly. , but as for Cao Cao, he also came from the ditch and ridge step by step, killing countless opponents along the way, such a character, no matter how hard he takes it seriously.

Therefore, when the scouts said that Cao Cao had changed, even though Li Yi left 2 people when he set up camp to deal with Cao Cao's possible surprise attack while he was not firmly established, he still felt uneasy.

The scout didn't know that Li Yi was thinking so much, he just said truthfully: "More than half an hour ago, Cao Cao's army suddenly left the camp and withdrew to the north, and when I got closer, I found that Cao Cao's camp was already empty."

Li Yi's eyes widened slightly, and he blurted out, "Why?"

The scout was speechless, obviously he didn't understand the question.

Li Yi is a little confused. If Cao Cao wants to fight, a direct decisive battle is the most appropriate, but if he wants to run, he should run ahead of time. Now that the fire is imminent, how far can he run?

Therefore, Li Yi looked at Kuai Yue, obviously expecting Kuai Yue to give him a proper analysis.

However, although Kuai Yue was resourceful and good at intrigue, Cao Cao's sudden and unexpected move was not something he could analyze clearly in a short while.

Li Yi looked at the rest of Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Xun You and others, but they were all frowning, obviously they still had no answer.

"Congratulations, Marquis Xiang!"

Just as everyone pondered and analyzed, Chen Gong's eyes moved, and he stepped forward to Li Yi and said with a happy face: "Cao Cao stopped fighting before the arrival of Xianghou, and retreated for twenty miles. Today, Xianghou is setting up camp. Cao Cao abandoned his camp and went away before he showed his swords, which shows that Cao Cao is afraid of Xiang Hou like a tiger, and his army's morale is hard to maintain!"

Li Yi smiled secretly, although Chen Gong boasted so much, but he didn't float up, and asked calmly, frowning: "So, does the public platform have a plan to give it to me?"

Chen Gong closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, then said in a deep voice: "Gong thinks this is a good opportunity, as long as he chases Cao Cao with a large army and covers up all the way, Cao Cao will definitely be defeated!"

As soon as this remark came out, the faces of many generals under Li Yi's command changed slightly. If it was an ordinary battle, their first reaction might be to catch up quickly. Cao Cao was regarded as a "public enemy of the whole people", but in fact Li Yi still praised Cao Cao a lot in private. Affected by this, few people under Li Yi's command would despise Cao Cao, and they didn't think Cao Cao would be so stupid

And this kind of situation is not impossible to pursue, but we must be cautious, but Chen Gong directly advised Li Yi to attack, his intentions are very problematic.

Among them, Li Yi also understood the key point, especially when he met Chen Gong and kept putting a high hat on him, Li Yi had already started to be vigilant.

Li Yi nodded pretending to understand, and then asked suddenly: "Such an opportunity should be seized, but our army has just arrived and is not familiar with the situation in Yanzhou. Why don't we send [-] troops as the vanguard? How about leading an army of [-], and waiting for Marquis Wen to say something about Cao Cao, and I'll immediately encircle him?"

A flash of embarrassment flashed in Chen Gong's eyes, but he concealed it very well and did not let Li Yi see it. He just touched his chin and pretended to be apologetic: "Xianghou's words are reasonable, but the war in Yanzhou did not go well before, and Wenhou's soldiers were defeated. The loss is quite a lot, and I am not afraid of Xianghou's words when I say it. Now the total number of defenders in the city is less than [-], so "

After a little calculation, Chen Gong said: "It is naturally possible to be the pioneer of the Marquis of Xiang, but Marquis Wen's troops are limited, and the pursuit requires elite soldiers. Based on this calculation, Marquis Wen may only send 4000 men."

After all, Chen Gong didn't continue to speak further, but looked at Li Yi respectfully, with an attitude of confessing everything and letting Li Yi decide.

"Oh, Marquis Wen worked hard before, it's all my fault."

Li Yi sighed suddenly, and Chen Gong wanted to be polite when he saw this, but Li Yi didn't wait for him to speak, looked around again, and asked, "What advice do you have?"

Kuai Yue, Huang Zhong and others remained silent. On the one hand, it was Cao Cao's retreat, and on the other hand, the long-term relationship allowed them to feel that there should be something strange in the dialogue between Li Yi and Chen Gong, so it was difficult for anyone to speak clearly for a while.

When everyone was silent, Zhang Xiu suddenly came out and said: "My lord, Cao Cao suddenly retreated. There are many doubts. The last general asks for orders to go to Cao Cao's camp in person."

Li Yi immediately smiled and said: "Okay, I will go with you. I am also very curious about this matter, but Gongtai and Boping are guests, so you can stay in the camp for some drinks and wait for me to come back later. Discuss the military affairs again!"

After Li Yi finished speaking, he got up straight and walked out. After he walked a few steps, everyone realized that, and then Zhang Xiu, Dian Wei, Xu Chu and others followed.

Seeing this situation, it was not good for Chen Gong and Gao Shun to stay in the big tent for a long time, and after some courtesy with Yu Fan who stayed behind to take care of them, the two left the tent, but as soon as they left, Gao Shun grabbed them. Touching Chen Gong's arm, he asked in a low voice, "What are you and Feng Xian planning!"

Chen Gong paused, looked back at Gao Shun, frowned slightly, then sighed again, and said, "Of course I want to defeat Cao Cao as soon as possible, otherwise what else can I do? Of course, I also want to seek some benefits for Marquis Wen. "

After Chen Gong finished speaking, he wanted to break free from Gao Shun, but Gao Shun's hands tightened again, and said: "But Cao Cao's retreat is obviously strange, why don't you think it over and just persuade Marquis Xiang to send troops?"

Chen Gong looked at Gao Shun again, and after a while this time, he said: "Although Cao Cao is weak, he is a trapped beast. Before he dies, there must be a counterattack. If Li Yi can't block this blow, who will take it?" To block?"

"Besides, if Li Yi doesn't suffer from both losses with Cao Cao, Yanzhou might not have a foothold for Marquis Wen in the future?"

After finishing speaking, Chen Gong pushed Gao Shun's hand away, and walked forward on his own, but Gao Shun stood there blankly for a long time, then smiled wryly, and left slowly.

Chapter 664 Zhang Xiu's Discovery

On the other side, after repeated confirmation by the scouts that there was no ambush, Li Yi took Dian Wei Kuai Yue and other cronies, and a team of personal guards into the camp abandoned by Cao Cao.

Looking around, the camp was in a mess. There were discarded and inconvenient materials and utensils everywhere. There were even quite a few tents and flags.

That's all for the tents, maybe it was too hasty because there was no time to tidy them up, but the banners were able to fall, which almost directly proved the chaos when Cao Cao's troops evacuated, and even the military system was disrupted.

These days there is no radio, the army organization is in chaos, and the soldiers lose command and dispatch. It is difficult for even a hundred thousand troops to withstand the charge of five thousand elites.

When his boots stepped on a military flag, Li Yi had the urge to immediately order the army to catch up. If Cao Cao's army was really in chaos, this wave would not kill Cao Cao himself, and killing several of his generals would be bloody money. of.

It's a pity that the opponent is Cao Cao, which made Li Yi think of too many intrigues and tricks. Moreover, as his family background grew stronger, Li Yi not only did not become reckless in his actions, but became more cautious.

Under the leadership of the scouts, Li Yi slowly walked to the place where Cao Cao's army tent was originally located, but it was emptied and clean, and it didn't look as bad as other places.

Li Yi noticed an overturned tent not far away. Judging from its location and size, it should belong to one of Cao Cao's confidantes. After thinking about it, Li Yi signaled his guards to lift the curtain of the tent, and he saw the inside There are quilts, broken teacups, and even a cracked screen.

"Go and see if there are any books left inside."

After casually giving instructions to the guards, Li Yi turned around and asked, "What kind of battle is Cao Cao playing?"

Everyone looked at each other, and Kuai Yue was the first to say: "As far as the current situation in the camp is concerned, it is true that Cao Cao hastily withdrew, but it is too unwise for Cao Cao to withdraw his troops at this time. The subordinates feel that there may be something in it. Strange place."

Xun You also said: "Just now, my subordinates went down to see where the grain was stored. There was a trace of burning there. It should be that part of the grain was set on fire by Cao Cao, but according to the previous information, Cao Cao's army is very short of food, which is strange. No matter how hurried Cao Cao was, he shouldn't have given up the food and grass, and tens of thousands of people could take the food and grass away even if they had to bear their shoulders, but the food and grass here were burnt, isn't this a suspicion of trying to cover it up?"

Li Yi frowned. He thought Cao Cao was deceitful from the very beginning, but Kuai Yue just guessed out of thin air, and Xun You also deduced from food and grass. Not happy anymore.

"My lord, the last general has found something here!"

Li Yi was contemplating himself when he suddenly heard Zhang Xiu yelling. Li Yi and the others made a gesture, and immediately stepped forward to see Zhang Xiu planing a stove and digging a small hole about a foot deep.

Everyone was surprised, obviously not knowing what Zhang Xiu was doing, even Li Yi was no exception.

Kuai Yue stepped forward to have a look, and asked curiously, "What is General Zhang doing?"

Zhang Xiu patted the dirt on his body and said: "At the end of the day, I dug up the stove and tried it, and found that it was still hot underneath. Although I can't confirm the exact time, it is roughly estimated that Cao Cao should start the stove to make a fire to fill the soldiers. They evacuated after eating."

"This is strange. It was not time to eat at that time, and Cao Cao's camp was so chaotic, how could he cook well? Even after cooking, I'm afraid they would have to grab a piece of food, and I don't know how many people scattered on the ground in the camp. Although it was a bit messy, there was no food soup, which was obviously different."

After hearing Zhang Xiu's explanation, Kuai Yue's eyes lit up. Although they had made some judgments before, those judgments were guesswork and had no basis, but Zhang Xiu's discovery was solid evidence.

Kuai Yue turned his head to look at Li Yi, and saw Li Yi's face was full of smiles, and his praise for Zhang Xiu was beyond words.

Li Yi stepped forward slowly, stretched out his hand to explore the hole dug by Zhang Xiu, and it was really warm, and he couldn't help praising: "Before, Yi only knew that increasing and reducing stoves can be used as a suspicious soldier, until today I saw General Zhang's method." , I just realized that there is still such knowledge under the stove, alas, the so-called active learning is nothing more than that, gentlemen, General Zhang should be an example in this respect."

Zhang Xiu's remarks made many people look sideways, and with Li Yi's endorsement, everyone bowed their hands to Zhang Xiu. Kuai Yue even said with emotion: "If you talk about military tactics, Kuai asks himself whether he can do it." It is less than General Zhang, but today he has indeed gained knowledge and learned a lesson."

After Kuai Yue finished speaking, he saluted Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu was very embarrassed, and quickly returned the salute: "My lord, military advisor, I'm too praised. This is just some superficial experience. I really don't deserve such a compliment."

Li Yi smiled. He was exaggerating sincerely. There were many people who were smarter than Zhang Xiu, but Zhang Xiu was the best at combining theory with practice. Who would you not exaggerate?

The matter of Zhang Xiu was just an episode, and soon Li Yi returned to seriousness, saying: "Cao Cao's withdrawal was fraudulent, this matter has been confirmed, now it depends on how we should deal with it."